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sheltered

[shel-terd] / ˈʃɛl tərd /
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ADJECTIVE
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But, as she told Ritz, when she joined Jimmy Jam and Lewis in Minneapolis, she was coming out of a very sheltered life.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

We spoke to him from the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, where he is now being sheltered by a charity and trying to find a way to get back to Uganda.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

My mother’s cluster were moralists: conservative, sheltered children of university-educated parents who believed in God, marriage and study.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

But south of the tunnel, Highway 1 still parallels a stretch of towering cliffs overlooking a sheltered cove.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

We sit down on a bench that had been partially sheltered from the rain.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass